Larsen Bank
Larsen Bank is a shoal with a least depth of 16 metres (52 ft) in the northern part of Newcomb Bay, Antarctica, located 1 kilometre (0.5 nmi) north of Kilby Island in the Windmill Islands.[1]
Larsen Bank | |
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Submerged bank
  Larsen Bank (Antarctica) | |
| Ocean | Southern Ocean |
| Archipelago | Windmill Islands |
| Minimum depth | 16 m |
It was discovered and charted in February 1957 by a party from the USS Glacier (AGB-4). The bank was named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia for Ludvig Larsen, second mate on the Thala Dan, used by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions in a 1962 survey of Newcomb Bay.[1]
References
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